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Excerpt from Sacred Bundles of the Sac and Fox IndiansThe use of objects supposed to have mysterious power for magically in¿uencing the affairs and conditions of life seems to have been almost universal among the native tribes of North America. Some groups, as might be expected, Show a greater development along this line than others, while considerable variation in the character and use of the powerful objects is seen in the various types of c...

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CONTENTS PAGE: Preface ................................ 13 CHAPTER I Pantheon .......................... 17 Supreme Being ................. 18 Evil Spirit ..................... 24 Manitowiik of the Four Directions 25 TheSun ....................... 27 The Moon ..................... 28 The Earth ..................... 28 Thunder Beings ................. 29 Keepers of the Heavens .......... 31 Misingh li kiin, or Living Solid Face ...................

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Here is a story of the Lenape Indians who lived in what is now New Jersey and eastern Pennsylvania. It describes their culture, crafts, and language as no other book has done. Hunters, fishers, artisans of flint and skins and basketry, tellers of traditional tales, dwellers in a region of hills and barrens, of rivers and forests, they had developed a way of life adjusted to the world around them. In presenting the lore and heritage of the Lena...